My home and storage room are weighed down with printed books that take space and generate dust. With modern technology, it makes sense to have most of these books in electronic format. However, it doesn't make economic sense to pay full price for electronic copies of books that we've already purchased in print format.

Valuable farmland and pastoral countryside would be adversely affected by the presence of the huge power poles and the potential for stray voltage. There would be absolutely no benefit to residents along this line, which could easily be avoided by implementing alternative energy sources.

On Friday, dangerous, last-minute amendments were attached to Senator Fran Pavley's fracking bill, SB 4. With these added amendments. The amendments give state regulators authority to exempt fracking from California's strongest and most important environmental law: the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

With current gridlock in Congress, and no action on our climate threat, it is becoming clear, that cities and states now hold in their power, a chance to take significant action. With the global mark of 400 parts per million of atmospheric carbon being passed in May 2013, it is clearly time to accelerate the 100% renewable agenda, at the city level. With blueprints now being published by Jacobson et al, for states to go 100% renewable, by 2030, cities are appropriate places to start. All 50 state blueprints are available at www.theSolutionsProject.org . Six states have legislation to create CCAs or Community Choice Aggregation, like Marin and Sonoma counties have, or are setting up, in CA. The 5 other states are IL, MA, OH, NJ and RI. See more details at Marin Clean Energy: https://mcecleanenergy.com . Creating a CCA enables a city, then its surrounding county, to facilitate more renewables into the market.

BPA is in our plastic bottles and the lining of most canned foods and drinks. Years of research prove BPA to be a major carcinogen causing brain and other tumors, premature cell death, and it mimics various hormones in dangerous ways. CANCER IS AN EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY AND ITS CAUSES MUST BE STOPPED. The EPA today took BPA off its list of "chemicals of concern," along with several others including PDBE's. We want STUDY OF THESE CHEMICALS CONTINUED AND THEIR USES IN OUR FOOD CHAIN BANNED!

Thank you for joining us in seizing this great opportunity to expand the benefits of solar energy to all the firestations in Santa Fe County!

The Commonwealth of MA. Dept. of Transportation has recently announced formal plans to rebuild-in-place the Bowker Overpass in Charlesgate Park, Boston, beginning in early 2014. The Overpass, which was constructed in 1967, slices through and destroyed the Charlesgate Park, a key section of the Olmsted Emerald Necklace (a National Registry of Historic Places site); destroyed an essential & fragile wetlands, the Muddy River basin where it meets the Charles River; and creates a strong negative impact on the quality of life in the surrounding historic and revitalizing neighborhoods of Back Bay West, Kenmore, and Bay State Road. We are asking the Commonwealth to cease and desist from this massive project; to perform minimal repairs to keep the Bowker safe and operational until the issue of Removal is addressed in a meaningful way (and not in the 10-20 year framework DOT is suggesting.) The DOT could save millions in ongoing repairs if the Bowker was removed and the roadway brought to grade. Removal would help reestablish the fragile wetlands and parkland of the Charlesgate/Muddy River basin (now a stagnant and polluted wasteland); would facilitate further economic revitalization around the Kenmore section of Boston; and would re-emphasize the historic nature of this beautiful residential neighborhood as well as give us back our beautiful parkland. A rebuild would exacerbate all the negative elements mentioned and, while pandering to the economic pressures of MASCO and other business powerhouses, is ultimately not in the best interests of the City of Boston or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Please help us make our state and federal officials know what a terrible idea the Bowker rebuild project is and demand its removal now. (For more in-depth information on the Bowker Overpass & the Charlesgate park, please look at our website: cgatepark.com

This perpetual war in the Middle East and North Africa is now poisoning our Souls and Planet. Leaders and Citizens at every level of society need to demand an immediate end to Carbon Pollution (Big Oil will enjoy a guilt-free future of infinite security in the plastics and other petroleum products markets), transition to Biofuels and Electric transportation, cover the Middle East with Solar Panels and Windmills powering the entire Eurasian/African Supercontinent, and discontinue Nuclear Power except for Military and Outer Space exploration.

Our children should not be exposed to smoking at the town's recreational fields. The kids are there to play sports and be involved in fitness. What kind of message does it send them that we allow smoking at these events? It is also disturbing the health of those by standers that do not smoke.

Late last week, Dr. Beverlee Nix, a veterinarian with the Texas Department of State Health Services, suggested that animal control agencies throughout the state use an agenda-driven article to justify putting an end to managed colonies of community cats. However, the best way to protect public health is by vaccinating community cats, which is standard practice in the numerous trap/ neuter/return programs in place across the country. Prohibiting managed colonies, on the other hand, undermines such efforts and jeopardizes community health by increasing the number of unsterilized, unvaccinated outdoor cats – thus increasing the risk of rabies transmission. As a Texas resident, I am concerned about the well-being of my fellow community members as well as the manner in which animals are treated. For this reason, I wholeheartedly support the trap/neuter/return (TNR) method of free-roaming cat population management. Please help to protect community cats and public health though out Texas.

On July 26, Superior Court Judge Stephen L. Perk overturned the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ approval of the gated 65-unit Saddle Crest housing tract in Trabuco Canyon and plan amendments that raised the traffic ceiling on Santiago Canyon Road and repealed oak tree and open space protections. On September 10, the Board will consider whether to join the Saddle Crest developer in appealing Judge Perk’s decision. Before the September 10 deadline, please urge the supervisors NOT to appeal the court’s sound decision upholding the laws that protect our rural canyon areas.

The people of Belize have voted against cruise ship tourism in Southern Belize. Norwegian Cruise Lines has been granted access by the Belize Govt to be allowed passage into Southern Belize against the will of the people. NCL has purchased Harvest Caye to NCL. It plans to have Harvest Caye ready for action by the 2015/2016 cruise season. The people of Belize want to stop this now before our lifestyle and environment are permanently damaged beyond repair. Much more information at nocruises.org/2013